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46 "French Head" is a monument as enduring as the everlasting mountains.

FRENCH HEAD. At 4 we reached the ice-floe, and there re-lashed the boat upon a sledge sent forward ready for our arrival. The ice was very much worse than it had been the previous morning, and we fell through it in many places. Finally we reached the ship at 8 greatly fatigued with the laborious exertions we had made. At this time the heat was almost overpowering. On the 25th of July, at 2 the mercury stood at 95° in the sun, and no work could be done except when we were clad in the lightest garments. What a contrast to the period only a few weeks past, when my reindeer furs were needed. The day after my return to the ship I visited the tupics on